The best thing about the past few days is being able to get games in. Pontiac has found itself in a rut after opening the baseball season with two wins. The Indians suffered three losses on the road Saturday and Monday to fall to 2-3-1.

“We’re getting games in (but) we have a lot of games in not a lot of time and we don’t have the arms right now,” PTHS head coach Stephen Kraft said. “It’s kind of rough on our pitching.”

The Indians lost 6-4 at Bloomington Monday despite a solid pitching effort from Branden Seal.

Pontiac scored three runs in the top of the first but was unable to hold the lead. The Purple Raiders touched Seal for four runs in the second and two more in the fifth inning.

The Indians got their last run in the top of the fourth frame.

“We played and hit the ball well. We just didn’t push enough runs across in the end,” Kraft said. “If we play like we did today everyday we will win a lot of baseball games.”

The Tribe collected 10 base hits. Jon Roberts led the offense with three safeties while Jason Priest and Aaron Jiles collected two hits apiece. Neil Lambert and Ben Weber had one hit each.

Seal fanned four, walked one, hit a batter and gave up eight hits in going the distance.

“Outside of one rough inning, Branden threw really well off the mound,” Kraft said. “He battled hard for us.”

Washington Quad

WASHINGTON — Lambert had a good day at the plate for Pontiac on Saturday, but the Indians had trouble manufacturing runs.

PTHS was shut out 10-0 by host Washington in the first game. Kye Comincioli took the loss after giving up six runs in the first two innings. Dallas Burns finished up.

Lambert had a single for the Tribe’s only base hit.

The Indians had the lead for a moment in their game with Limestone. But the Rockets erupted after falling behind to post a 14-4 win.

Roberts, Jacob Curry and Trent Smith shared pitching duties.

Limestone scored a run in the bottom of the first inning but Pontiac answered in the top of the third with two runs for a 2-1 lead. The Rockets responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning and a run in the fourth to lead 6-2.

Page 2 of 2 - PTHS got two runs back in the top of the fifth only to see Limestone score seven in the bottom half. A run in the sixth ended the game.

Lambert had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and two runs batted in for Pontiac. Curry and Burns also drove in a run each.

Not all is bad in the early going. The younger players have been stepping up. Freshmen Comincioli and Curry have picked up some innings on the mound and each of the three freshmen have registered their first varsity base hit.

“The younger guys played a lot of competitive summer baseball; they’ve gotten some good, meaningful at bats. I think they’re getting more comfortable. It’s good that we’re playing.”